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Lancaster Woodruff Foundation at a glance

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Lancaster Woodruff Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$75k
Granted FY2024still arriving
20
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01FY2024 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k18 grants · $55k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
$2,500
Median grant
8
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SELAH FREEDOM$10,000
GRAMEEN AMERICA$10,000
HELP TO HOME (HABITAT FOR HUMANITY)$7,500
SECOND HEART HOMES$7,500
COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS$7,500
URBANITE THEATRE$6,000
ASOLO REPERTORY THEATRE$5,200
CHIARI SYRINGOMYELIA FOUNDATION$5,000
MOVEMBER FOUNDATION$5,000
AMERICAN ASSOCIATES OF THE NATIONAL THEATRE$2,500
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF BROOKLYN$2,000
GLOBAL GIVING FOUNDATION$2,000
THE IRISH REPERTORY THEATRE$1,225
ALEX'S LEMONADE STAND FOUNDATION$1,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION P SARASOTA$1,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $200) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%GLENKIRK: $200 → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
PA
CA
VA
DC
GA
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Susan Smith Blackburn Prize Inc
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2
Profile Theatre Project

Profile theatres mission is to produce a season of first-class productions and community engagement activities centered around a season-long featured writer whose vision broadens our perspective on the world and deepens our collective…

Arts & Culture
3
Global Impact Investing Network Inc

The global impact investing network, inc. is dedicated to increasing the scale and effectiveness of impact investing to solve systemic problems facing people and the planet. impact investments are investments made into companies,…

Philanthropy
4
The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation Inc

The multiple myeloma research foundation (mmrf) is the largest nonprofit in the world solely focused on accelerating acurefor multiple myeloma patient. we drive the development and delivery of next-generation therapies, leverage data to…

Health
5
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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6
Women's Project & Productions Inc

Wp theater is the nation's oldest and largest theater company dedicated to developing, producing, and promoting the work of women+ at every stage of their careers. for over four decades we have served as leaders of a global movement…

Arts & Culture
7
The Goldman Sachs Foundation
Philanthropy
8
Guthrie Theater Foundation

The guthrie theater engages exceptional theater artists in the exploration of both classic and contemporary plays, connecting the community we serve to one another and to the world. through its extraordinary artists, staff and facility,…

Arts & Culture
9
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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10
Soho Repertory Theatre Inc

Soho repertory provides radical theater makers with productions of the highest caliber and tailor-made development at key junctures in their artistic practice. we elevate artists as thought leaders and citizens who change the field and…

Arts & Culture
11
The Paris Review Foundation Inc

The mission of the organization is to foster the development of creative individuals as writers and artists and to promote public appreciation of excellence in the literary and graphic arts by publishing a magazine containing fiction,…

Education
12
The Conversationalist
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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Sun Coast Inc; the most unlike its peers is Committee to Protect Journalists Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

18 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 of the 20 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
10/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HELP TO HOME (HABITAT FOR HUMANITY): $7,500 · OtherHELP TO HOME (HABITAT FOR HUMANIT…URBANITE THEATRE INC: $6,000 · OtherURBANITE THEATRE INCTHE IRISH REPERTORY THEATRE COMPANYINC: $1,225 · OtherTHE IRISH REPERTORY THEATRE COMPA…BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE SUN COAST INC: $1,000 · OtherALEXS LEMONADE STAND FOUNDATION: $1,000 · OtherGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · OtherGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INCINTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF BROOKLYN: $2,000 · OtherINTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF BROOKLYNTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SARASOTA CO INC: $1,000 · Other+1 more: $200 · OtherMOVEMBER FOUNDATION: $5,000 · HealthMOVEMBER FOUNDA…BOBBY JONES CHIARI & SYRINGOMYELIA FOUNDATION: $5,000 · HealthBOBBY JONES CHI…+1 more: $250 · HealthSELAH FREEDOM INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesSELAH FREEDOM I…+1 more: $200 · Human ServicesGRAMEEN AMERICA INC: $10,000 · Community ImprovementGRAMEEN AMERICA…ASOLO THEATRE INC: $5,200 · Arts & CultureASOLO THEAT…NATIONAL THEATRE IN AMERICA INC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL TH…+1 more: $125 · Arts & CultureSECOND HEART HOMES INC: $7,500 · Housing & ShelterSECOND HEAR…COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS INC: $7,500 · Civil RightsCOMMITTEE T…
Other$21,925Health$10,250Human Services$10,200Community Improvement$10,000Arts & Culture$7,825Housing & Shelter$7,500Civil Rights$7,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGRAMEEN AMERICA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSELAH FREEDOM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSECOND HEART HOMES INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetURBANITE THEATRE INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetASOLO THEATRE INC: $5,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMOVEMBER FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOBBY JONES CHIARI & SYRINGOMYELIA FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNATIONAL THEATRE IN AMERICA INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF BROOKLYN: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE IRISH REPERTORY THEATRE COMPANYINC: $1,225 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE SUN COAST INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SARASOTA CO INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALEXS LEMONADE STAND FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRebekahs Angels Foundation Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGlenkirk: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES: $125 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Gulf Coast Community …The Community Foundat…National Philanthropi…The Blackbaud Giving …Vanguard Charitable E…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Gulf Coast Community Foundation IncFL13.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Lancaster Woodruff Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lancaster Woodruff Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 53%
  • Selah Freedom Inc: 53% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 20 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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